Word: activist
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...aide called Leahy at home and said, "You're not going to believe what the Supreme Court just did." Just then Leahy's TV flashed the news. He was speechless. "You got to be kidding," he said finally. "After this, I never want to hear the Republicans complain about activist judges...
...spectrum, Justin A. Barkley '02 believes the council should not be activist. At the other end, not only does Stephen N. Smith '02 think the council has a role in political issues, he has actively participated in labor protests that disrupted University offices...
Saundra M. Graham, a Western Avenue resident and longtime political activist, expressed concern about the possible traffic...
...Another concern for Rehnquist et al. is the time. Sure it's late. And no wonder the Florida Supreme Court still hasn't bothered to explain to SCOTUS its first crack at this thing - it was a sloppy activist compromise that only served to waste three weeks of national time. The high court of which Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sounded so enamored Monday could have done the legally simpler thing on Nov. 17: Allow Katherine Harris her first certification and allow Gore his de novo contest on Nov. 18. And give Florida's 67 canvassing boards three weeks instead...
...while back, Scalia told Bob Woodward the Supreme Court was "called in to correct mistakes," and for the five that granted the stay the ultimate act of non-activist correction might be to tell Florida's executive and legislative branches to do whatever they want. After all, this is a democracy, and an election - who better to decide this dispute than elected officials? If they do wrong, let the people fire them in 2002 or 2004. (And if the high court does wrong, let a political judgment be remembered as well. The people can change this Court...